Shifting zonal patterns of the southern boreal forest in eastern Canada associated with changing fire regime during the Holocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 867-875

  de Lafontaine, Guillaume ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

14C AMS dating; Abies balsamea; Boreal biome; Eastern North America; Fire disturbance; Macrofossil analysis; Mineral soil charcoal; Picea mariana; Vegetation zones

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FIRE HISTORY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ABIES FRASERI; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 79952376709     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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